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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INTERLINE-TICKET GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJ an. 18, 1921.

Application filed November 4, .1919. "seriaino. 335,705.

To allwhomit may concern:

Be it known that I, Oo'rAvn S. PAYZANT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a n'ew and usefulInterline-Ticket Guide, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

' This invention relates to holding members or .guides for interlinetickets of'railways and the like, and has for an object to ro vide animproved construction which can be used with any size ticket and holdsame in proper position so that only one ticket can be removed at atime.

Another object in view is to provide a cabinet and holder or guide foreither card board tickets or folded tickets wherein the tickets are heldin proper place, but are capable of vending regardless of theirthickness or number of folds.

A still further object in view is to provide a holder or guide for aticket cabinet which will hold a stack of tickets of any height inproper shape and allow the tickets to be fed from the top time. v

In the accompanying drawlngz thereof one at a Figure 1 is a front viewof the upper part of a cabinet with a holder or guide shown inconnection therewith the same embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a holder or guide disclosing anembodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlargedscale, throughFig. 1 on line Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view through Fig. 3approximately on line 4, 4. Referring tothe accompanying drawing bynumerals, 1 indicatesa cabinet provided with various compartments 2,provided by the walls of the cabinet 1 and the various partitions 3,each partition being provided with a series of slots 4 arrangedpreferably at an angle as indicated in Fig. 3. The va-v riouscompartments 2 may extend for the full height of the cabinet or for partof said height as desired, and may receive a series of shelves 5 in anyof the grooves 4. As shown at the left in Fig. 1 a number of the shelves5 have been provided and different quantities of tickets 6 arrangedthere on, each set of tickets being supplied with a holder or guide 7 Itwill be noted that any desired number of tickets may be arranged on anyshelf 5 and then a guide 7 provided on top of the stack of tickets forholding the tickets in proper place and allowing one ticket to be movedat a time.

The cabinet 1 and the partitions 3 in addition to'being provided withthe slots 4 are provided with vertical grooves 8 for accommodating theguiding ears 9 on the guides 7 and also provided with cut out portions10 and 11' for accommodating certain parts of the guides 7 as shown inFig. 4. This guide is preferably stamped from one piece of metal, but ifdesired could be made from several parts and built up to the shapeillustrated.

As shown in Fig. 2 the guide is made from one'piece of metal and is bentfor producing a bottom 12 from which upstanding sides 13 and 14 extend,said sides slightly flaring so as to pinch'against the partitions 3. Thematerial of which the guide is made is preferably metal, as for instancebrass, and is consequently, resilient so that the sides 13 and 14 willproperlygrip the sides of the various partitions 3, orone of thepartitions and the'cabinet' 1. The bottom 12 is provided with acomparatively deep cut out portion or notch 15through which the fingersofthe operator extend when it is desired toremove a ticket. Thesides 1 3and 14 extend forwardly and'are bent over at 16 and 17 and are formed atthe 'front with a card receiving section 18 and a'gripping tongue 19which may be bent back or forth as desired for producing an adjustmentto prevent more than one ticket from being'vended at a time. The section18 is provided with a turned up flange 20 and with spurs 21 for holdinga suitable card 22in place, said card having the name of a town placedthereon and the price of the ticket to said place. In bending the ends16 and 17 offsets 23 and 24 are provided whereby the lower part of thebent ends 16 and 17 may fit into the notches 10 and 11 as shown in Fig.1, whereby the rear edges 25 and 26 are offset from the inner faces ofthe respective partitions 3, so that a ticket passing outwardly cannotstrike these edges. As shown in Fig. 4: the tongue 19 usually extends ashort distance beyond the cient to cause the ticket to slide out overthe operation;

tongue 19. The tongue 19 is originally set at proper position, or isbent to be in the way of a second ticket and thereby allow onlyoneticket to be vended at each vending The rear ends of the walls 13 and14 are bent at 13 andle so that the guide may be easily inserted at anytime.

It willbe noted thatthe side walls Band 1 1 are of some appreciableheight. This is to allow space for the fingers when removing tickets. Bythis arrangement an upper shelf 5 cannot be placed any closer to a lowerbunch of tickets than the top edge of the sides 13 and 14, thus leavingamplefspace for the fingers. As'the tickets are vended the rude 7 is'raduall moved g a: y

downwardly following the tickets so that the guide is always resting onor pressing against the tickets so as to hold the same in proper placeand at the same time permitting the vending ofone ticket at a time.

The guide 7 may be used when vending stiff card board tickets ifdesired, but is preferably used in connection with what is known'asnterl ne tickets in the railroad ticket selling agencies. The interlinetickets are usually printed on comparatively thin paper and arecomparatively long, for instance ranging from a few inches to six oreight feet. Heretofore large cabinets or racks were provided in whichthe tickets might be suspended vertically. This way of holding thetickets necessitated a large space and also caused the railroadcompanies to vend these long or interline tickets at specified windows,The present invention is intended to permit the vending of these longtickets at'anywindow and in a similar man ner as; though they were cardboard'tickets. The'tickets are folded until they properly fit in thevarious compartments 2 and are stackedin a folded condition on therespective shelves 5 after which the guides 7 are placed in position andpressed down on the stack of folded tickets. When any ticket isdesiredthe ticket seller will place his finger on the top ticket throughthe notch 15 and press down and pull outwardly whereupon the top ticketwill slide out and the remaining tickets will remain in place or beheldin place by the tongue 19 orsection 18.

lVhat I claim is: V

1. A. ticket guide of the character described comprising a bottom, 'apair of side members, said side members being formed with projectingdownwardly extending ends, said ends merging together for presenting acard receiving section, said bottom beingcut away fromthe card receivingsection ansappreciable distance toward the rear end of the bottom, and atongue extending from the card receiving section, said tonguebeingpositioned to prevent the removal of more than oneticket at a time.

2. A ticket guide of the character de scribed comprising a bottommember, a pair of upstanding side members formed with forwardlyanddowhwardly extending projections,said projections being offsetlaterally, and means connecting the forward end of said projectionsacting to prevent theremoval of more than one ticket at a time frombeneath the guide. j r 7 3. In a device of the character described thecombination with a cabinet having chambers, each chamber having the sidewalls formed with facinggrooves and fac mg notches at the open sidethereof, of a ticket guide formed with sides having projecting earsprojecting into said facingduce anintegral construction having a bottommember for engaging tickets, resilient side .members presenting a fingerspace, a retarding tongue" at the front, and an end member'forconnecting said side members whereby the tongue is spaced from-thebottom, said bottom being cut away opposite the "tongue for affordingample gerlspace for engaging the tickets when the'guide is in use. a

5. A ticket guide of the character described comprising a bottom member,a pair of side members, said side members being formedwith projectingdownwardly extending ends, a cross section connecting said ends andpresenting'means for receiving a card, and a bendabletongue extendingfrom the upper edge of'said section positioned-to pre- I member, a pair4 a projection extending from said front end of side members, each sidemember having a 4 in the path of movement of the tickets from pair ofprojecting ears arranged therein ad- 10 beneath, said bottom being cutaway at the jacent one end, and a pair of forwardly and front so as topresent ample space for the downwardly extending end members,afront 5passage of an operators finger back of said section connecting the frontends of said end projection. members, and an adjustable tongue extend-7. A ticket guide of the character deing from said section.

scribed comprising a bottom member, a pair OCTAVE S. PAYZANT.

